Is OMD EM5 cold weather proof?

I just have a little trip to Wrightwood CA, the temperature was around 27F with little snow, my OMD was freezing and need to do hard restart, before that the little flash was not fire twice in the road, but the pictures were taken, anyone has same kind of experience?

I had my black OM-D out 2 weeks ago. Day started at -7 and got up to 17. It does have the battery grip. No problems at all. Kept in a Lowe Pro Out back between shooting. A water bottle next to it froze almost completely. Interestingly the black grip was comfortable to bare hands in the afternoon when it got above zero. Maybe the battery grip was helpful. Though I shot all day on only one of the batteries. Thought it worked well in the cold. Interested in hearing other experiences.

I do remember the battery I was using at the time is off brand one, checked the info from luiztakei and Ron O's reply, I think it was the battery, maybe I should try the original battery from Olympus next time. Now I know why the original battery cost that much

It was pretty cold. The key is to keep the battery warm. I have aftermarket spares and they aren't that great in the cold but if I keep swapping around batteries I can get decent number of shots, if I warm the batteries back up inside my coat

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